macrumors 68020

I love the design of Apple's superdrive, but I hate that it can't be used on any other computer or through a powered hub. Not that I'll need to use it like that frequently, I just hate being forced into a specific configurations for no reason. If others can provide USB powered drives for normal USB ports, so can Apple, but they chose not to for some unknown reason. The USB-ethernet dongle looks nice, but is there no way to have both a USB and ethernet connection on one dongle so that you can switch between the two without having to unplug?

Was hoping that we can create some kind of list of alternatives for these items. Does anybody have any experience with other usb powered DVD burners? Dongles?

thread startermacrumors 68020

Uh...that's nice to know. Yes, very beautiful, but it doesn't have a built-in USB port, does it? Why was that so difficult for Apple to accomplish? It would have made using the superdrive much nicer since you could actually plug in other item at the same time. Or....another unusual thought, enable the superdrive to work through a powered hub as well...

macrumors 6502a

what about a usb "powered" hub, since the MBA seems to have some nice power coming out of the port, we need a hub that can be "powered" from it.. maybe not to run the superdrive and more.. but maybe charge an ipod, and use a usb stick at same time?

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